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This wikiHow teaches you how to create a station on the Pandora streaming music app.

Steps

1

Open the Pandora app. It's a white app with a large, blue P in the center.

If you haven't logged in, tap Log In at the bottom of the screen.

Pandora may open to a station. If so, tap the the "Back" arrow (<) in the upper-left corner of the screen.

2

Tap My Stations. It's at the top of the screen. Do this to see the stations you've added to your "favorites."

3

Tap Create a Station. This allows you to choose artists, genres, and composers that you like and include their music in a custom station that you build.

4

Type the name of an artist, genre or track. Do so in the text field at the top of the screen.

5

Tap Search. It's in the lower-right corner of the screen.

6

Scroll down to view suggestions based on your search.

7

Tap an artist. If you see a song or artist you like, tap it.

8

Tap the "Thumbs Up" icon. When a song is playing, it's at the bottom of the screen. Doing this makes the artist or song more likely to be included the in listening rotation on your station.

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Tap the "Thumbs Down" icon. When a song is playing, It's at the bottom-left of the screen. Doing this makes the artist or song less likely to be included in the listening rotation on your station

10

Tap ^ to get more information about the song or artist. When a song is playing, it's near the bottom of the page.

Information may include song lyrics, artist information, or features of the particular track.

Tap ➕to create a station based on the artist or song.

11

Tap the the "Back" arrow (<). It's in the upper-left corner of the screen.

12

Tap My Stations. It's at the top of the home screen. Do this to see the stations you've created or added.

If you have installed the Pandora app, click the left arrow in the upper left corner of the window. This should take you to "My Stations." The "Create Station" button is in the upper right corner of this window. If the button is not there, you may need to uninstall, download, and reinstall the app.

If you have installed the Pandora app, click the left-pointing arrow in the upper-left corner of the window. This should take you to My Stations. On the upper-right corner of the window is a "Create Station" button (not a tab).

If I cannot find a way to make a station on Pandora; are there any other options to do it?

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Community Answer

The instructions above are not current for the Pandora app on your computer. If you have installed the Pandora app, click the left-pointing arrow in the upper-left corner of the window. This should take you to My Stations. The "Create Station" button is in the upper-right corner of this window.

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